Schmidt corrector plate

English

Etymology

The lens was invented by Bernhard Schmidt in 1931.

Noun

Schmidt corrector plate (plural Schmidt corrector plates)

  1. (astronomy) An aspheric lens that corrects the spherical aberration introduced by the spherical primary mirror of the Schmidt telescope or Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
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